Ireland has one of the lowest levels of organic land in EU

The total area of agricultural land in organic production in the EU was an estimated 16.9m hectares in 2022.

Between 2012 and 2022, the total organic area increased in almost every EU country. 

Ireland has one of the lowest shares of organic land making up its total agricultural area in the EU.

New Eurostat figures show that in 2022, Ireland had only a 2% share of organic area, the same as Bulgaria, while Malta only had 1%.